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1.1KArticleCOVID Didn’t Change Internal Migration as Much as Claimed
At its height, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted well-established patterns of migration within Australia. Reports of a regional renaissance suggested city dwellers were...
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What Caused the Potato Shortage? Wet Weather & Hard-to-control Diseases
If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in the last 12 months, you may well have seen a notice tacked...
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John Quiggin: Stadium Project Will Worsen Housing Crisis
Job creation isn’t always a good thing. Hobart’s new stadium can only make Tasmania’s housing crisis worse The Albanese government’s announcement it will...
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Should Australia Make Daylight Saving Permanent?
Sunday will mark the end of the Daylight Saving Time (DST) in eastern Australia, but there are many who would like to...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Won’t Fix Itself
On March 11 2020 the World Health Organization classified COVID as a pandemic. Three years on, it remains just that. As much...
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Rewilding with Emus Good for Tasmania
They’re on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems The emu...
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New Books Clarify What’s at Stake if we Fail to Mitigate Climate Change
The Australian Black Summer fires of 2019-2020 were unspeakably grim. Twenty-four million hectares were burnt, 33 people died, and over a billion...
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Stamp Duty Needs Replacement
Nearly all economists and most politicians seem to agree stamp duty is a bad tax. But nearly all state and territory governments...
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Australia Has 1500 Bluefield Pumped Hydro Sites
In eight years, Australia wants to be four-fifths powered by renewables. Solar and wind investment is pouring in. But to firm the...
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Megadroughts and Climate
Megadroughts helped topple ancient empires. We’ve found their traces in Australia’s past, and expect more to come Most Australians have known drought in...
